Headphone loss prevention alarm
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsTonni Sandager Larsen, Ted Yamazaki
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Abstract
A method of preventing loss of headphones configured to communicate with a cell phone enables an alarm setting using an app on the cell phone; the app responding by continuously measuring a received magnitude of a wireless signal transmitted between the cell phone and the headphones. If the measured received magnitude is lower than a predetermined threshold value for a first predetermined time, an audible alarm is activated at the headphones. The continuous measurement and the activation of the alarm dependent on the measured received magnitude occur automatically, independent of any user interaction with the app after the alarm setting enablement. Another method addresses a corresponding issue in a similar way to prevent loss of one earbud of a pair.
Claims20
A method of preventing loss of headphones;
- the method comprising:
- enabling an alarm setting using an app on a cell phone in wireless communication with the headphones;
- wherein the app responds by:
- continuously measuring a received magnitude of a wireless signal transmitted between the cell phone and the headphones;
- and
- if the measured received magnitude is lower than a predetermined threshold value for a first predetermined time,
- activating an audible alarm at the headphones;
- wherein the continuous measurement and the activation of the alarm dependent on the measured received magnitude occur automatically, independent of any interaction with the app by a user after the alarm setting is enabled.
A method of preventing loss of a first earbud of a pair of earbuds comprising the first earbud and a second earbud, the method comprising:
- enabling an alarm setting using an app on a cell phone in wireless communication with the pair of earbuds;
- wherein the app responds by:
- continuously measuring a received magnitude of a signal transmitted by the second earbud and wirelessly received at the first earbud;
- and
- if the measured received magnitude is lower than a predetermined threshold value for a first predetermined time, activating an audible alarm at the first earbud;
- wherein the continuous measurement and the activation of the alarm dependent on the measured received magnitude occur automatically, independent of any interaction with the app by a user after the alarm setting is enabled.
An apparatus comprising:
- headphones comprising an alarm sensor and a speaker;
- and
- an alarm app including an alarm setting, the alarm app operable, when installed in a cell phone wirelessly connected to the headphones and when the alarm setting is enabled by a user, to:
- continuously measure a received magnitude of a wireless signal transmitted between the cell phone and the headphones;
- and
- if the measured received magnitude is lower than a predetermined threshold value for a first predetermined time, activate an audible alarm at the headphones;
- wherein the continuous measurement and the activation of the alarm dependent on the measured received magnitude occur automatically, independent of any interaction with the app by a user after the alarm setting is enabled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.